Can diabetics eat cherry tomatoes?

Diabetic patients are generally not allowed to eat fruits with too high sugar content, but studies have found that diabetics can eat cherry tomatoes because they are rich in lycopene, which can help reduce the fat content in the body and can also effectively prevent diabetes and high blood pressure.

Lycopene is found in some red fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes and watermelons. Previous studies have shown that it has antioxidant properties. The latest experiments have found that a diet rich in lycopene can help people reduce body fat and waist circumference. The large amount of protein secreted by fat cells can cause chronic inflammation, thereby inducing obesity, which in turn leads to some related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension.

1. It is not suitable to eat with cucumber

Because cucumbers contain a vitamin C-degrading enzyme that will destroy the vitamin C that is rich in other vegetables. The tomatoes in "Big Harvest" are typical vegetables rich in vitamin C. If we eat them together, the vitamin C we take in from the tomatoes will be destroyed by the decomposition enzymes in the cucumbers, and the effect of supplementing nutrition will not be achieved at all.

2. Do not eat when taking anticoagulant drugs such as heparin and dicoumarol

Tomatoes contain a lot of vitamin K, which mainly catalyzes the synthesis of prothrombin and thrombin in the liver. When vitamin K is insufficient, the clotting time will be prolonged, causing subcutaneous and muscle bleeding.

3. Do not eat on an empty stomach

Tomatoes are relatively sour, and eating them on an empty stomach can cause strong irritation to the gastric mucosa, inducing or aggravating stomach problems. Secondly, tomatoes contain a large amount of soluble astringents and other ingredients, which react with gastric acid to condense into insoluble lumps. These lumps may block the pyloric outlet of the stomach, causing discomfort symptoms such as gastrointestinal bloating and pain, or form gastric stones, especially when tomatoes are mixed with milk or soy milk and consumed together. This is more likely to happen. Thirdly, the human body should eat some easily digestible, nutritious liquid food on an empty stomach, while tomatoes are a single nutrient, containing only vitamins, fiber and water. Eating them on an empty stomach not only hinders the stomach's absorption, but also fails to meet the body's physiological needs. Therefore, tomatoes should not be eaten on an empty stomach.

4. Do not eat unripe tomatoes

Green tomatoes contain solanine, a biological alkaloid glycoside. Eating them may cause a bitter taste in the mouth at the very least, or even poisoning at the worst.